The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

regain their fortunes. They soon go
cured q system OF sewerage that not
only promised them protection against
pestilence, but which became known
throughout ali the cities of the country
for its completeness. Other extensive
improvements were also made. and
soon the citizens of Memphis again
saw their city with wonderful
strides pushing on to municipal great
ness ard prosperity. Her population,
it Is estimated, row reaches more than
seventy thousand. The merchants of
Memphis VIII have in their hands dur
ing the current year more than zoo, 900
bales of cotton, valued at $50 .O0O. 600.
The annual products of her cotton seed
mills is the largest in the world, and
her banking capital and business are in
keeping with har immense Industries,
while the value of real estate in the
city has nearly or quite trebled since
1878. Thus have you conquered at
last and overcome the ravages of war
and peStilence. You may well forget
all the former Affections in the growth
and prosperity of the present, remem-
bering only that in your direSt extremi-
ty the proof was given of the brother
hood OF the American people. The pa
triotic sentiment expressed on
your behalf by your honored fellow
citizens, in his address of welcome
am sure I may say will be generously
responded TO by your countrymen of
the north. They want, I believe, a
rest from the sectional bitterness and
they know that the destiny of our
country is only to be achieved by the
true Union sentiment OF our feelings
as well as in name. The business in
terests of our people are too alert and
intelligent to be sacrificed or injured
by selfish appeals to passion
which should be allayed. They
only insist that all results
of arbitration Of arms, to which refer
erence has here been made, shall be
fully retained and enforced. There
flows past your city our nations great
river, which you rightly regard as a
most important factor in your present
and future welfare, and which believe
is universally recognized as the proper
object of the governments protection
and improvement. To Memphis, and
every other city on its banks, the i'm
provement OF this vast highway of COM
MERGE is so essential that they should
be interested in having this and other
proper work of the same description
considered upon their merits and freed
from the schemes sometimes question
able in their character and often ex-
travagant in their demands. desire
to return to the kind citizens of Mem
phis and its neighborhood my thanks
for their cordial. greetings, with the
wish that hereafter nothing but pros
perity will follow their acts and enter
prise"
A most unfortunate occurrence inter-
rupted the formala.ies of the occasion.
Just as the president closed his re-
marks. Though the day was not I'M
comfortably warm the spot was an ex-
posed one and Judge Elicit, who stood
for time with his hat off as the presi-
dent was speaking, sat down and was
overcome by heat. DR.. Bryant of the
presidential party took the direction OF
affairs and remained with the I'M
fortunate gentleman while the presi
dent was escorted to the Cotton and
Merchants exchange. Judge Elicit
died five minutes after the president
left the receiving stand.
The presidential reception to the
public In the hall of the cotton ex-
change was about an hour in length.
President and Mrs. Cleveland were as
sisted by the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Villas. From the exchange the
party was escorted to their train at
the foot of the street and at O'Clock
left for Nashville.